Enforcement of labour laws in India was a problem while the prevailing corruption further impeded the process, according to Social Accountability International (SAI), an international organization engaged to protect the integrity of workers around the world by building local capacity and developing systems of accountability.
There are labour laws framed in the interest of workforce including 70 per cent laborers engaged in unorganized sector but the problem is its proper implementation, SAI President Alice Tepper Marlin said.
Interacting with the newsmen here, Marlin, who was in the steel city here to take part in a program organized by private steel major Tata Steel on Monday, said the huge section of the workforce were deprived of their rights owing to non-implementation of labour laws in a proper manner.
The government in European nations do not compromise as far as implementing the labour laws stringently is concerned and this has ensured companies providing several facilities to its workers, Marlin claimed.
However, Tata Steel, which was the only integrated steel company that had earned SA 8000 certification in 2004, is a benchmark as far as Occupational Health and Safety is concerned and continuously improving, he pointed out.
Tata Steel was one of the three companies profiled in the 2009 joint case studies published by SAI and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).
